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title: Hicks Proudly Introduces The Weld-Free, Aluminum Hicks Dump Body
description: Hicks's new, aluminum, dump body design is built with the same innovation; a revolutionary, patented, modular, weld-free body to increase your payload.
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# [Hicks Proudly Introduces The Weld-Free, Aluminum Hicks Dump Body](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/aluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions/hicks-proudly-introduces-our-latest-patented-design-the-weld-free-aluminum-hicks-dump-body)

 Written by [Hicks Manufacturing, LLC](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/aluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions/author/hicks-manufacturing-llc) | May 05, 2022

Hicks's new dump body design is built with the same innovation; a revolutionary, patented, modular, weld-free body that will increase your payload.

Strength.

- Degradation occurs in raw material during welding. Designed with 2 times the strength and 10 times the life, Hicks's weld-free aluminum dump body is constructed with aluminum extrusions that interlock with [*Huck*](https://www.hfsindustrial.com/us/huck_replaces_welding) fasteners. The aluminum retains its original strength.
- Read Hicks's bolted versus welded blog post [here](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/aluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions/how-can-i-make-more-money-hauling-aggregates-0).

Modularity.

- Bolting aluminum extrusions with [*Huck*](https://www.hfsindustrial.com/us/huck_replaces_welding) fasteners (versus welding) means modularity. Hicks's trailers can be repaired to a like-new state.
- Hicks's dump body has readily interchangeable and replaceable floor, sills, posts, sides, and light box components.

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Increase your payload.

- This Hicks simple 16 dump body, pictured below, is maximizing bridge laws and is projected to haul an additional 2,000 lbs of material a year. Conservative data tells us you make about $6/year for every pound you haul. 2,000 lbs = $10,000/year or $1,250/month. And, your maintenance costs will drop with new equipment.
- Haul more with less weight, and a trailer that pays for itself.

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- Size your equipment efficiently for your operation. Too often, aggregate haulers use equipment with far more capacity than they need. That adds to lost payload (***remember $6.00/******lb******/year***) and excessive initial cost. You need to allow for some “crowning”, so we estimate usable capacity of 72%.

Manueverabilty.

- Now, dump body lovers can have the same weld-free design with Huck fasteners that allows for maximum manueverability.
- Customers customize length and width to fit their optimal operations.

 

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